Improvement in m ilking-stools



D. A* Le VALLEY.

Milking-Stool.

No. 222,793. Patente`d Dec. 23,1879.

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DAEIUs A. LE VALLEY, OE BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN MlLKlNG-STOOLS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 222,793, dated December 23, 1879; application tiled June 13, 1879.

.To all whom t may concern: t

Be it known that I, DAEIUs A. LE VALLEY, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain Improvements in Milking-Stools, of which thc following is a specication.

This invention relates to a stool the top of which rotates on a center pin or pivot, the same being provided with a suitable pail-rest.

It also relates to the construction of the pailrest, and its attachment to the stool, whereby the said rest is rendered adjustable, both horizontally and vertically.

It also relates to the construction of the pailrest, whereby the shelf of the same is arranged to fold compactly over the top of the stool to keep the" latter dry, and to facilitatenpacking for transportation.

It also relates to several of the minor details of construction and combination, which will be more fully hereinafter described.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view arranged to illustrate the function of the stool when ready for actual use. Fig. 2 is a vertical mid-section of the same arranged to show how the shelf of the pail-rest may be turned over the top of the stool.

B represents the xed top of the stool, preferably made circular, into which are screwed removable legs E E. A is a rotating top, preferably of the same diameter and shape as the fixed top. This top is secured in place by, and is arranged to rotate with, a screw-pivot, G, a friction-washer, H, being interposed between `the tops A and B, and another under the head of the screw. l.

C is an arm, and D a shelf affixed thereto, the two forming, when taken together, a pailrest. A hole of suitable size is bored in the edge of the top A, and into it is driven a tubular guide-sleeve, a., provided with a set-screw, as shown. This sleeve has a square or polygonal bore arranged to receive one end of a bent arm, (l, which may be adjusted therein at will, and retained 1n place by the screw.

The shelf D is provided with a stem, f, which has jaws c c to embrace the arm G. This stem is pivoted to a sleeve, d, which encircles the arm C, and may be adjusted to any-height thereon. It may be fastened at any point on the arm by means of a set-screw, as shown.

Through the lower end of the arm C is passed a pin which serves to prevent the sleeve eZ from slipping entirely oli'.

I provide, in my stool, for three distinct ad justments of the milk-pail: the adjustment ofthe arm C in the sleeve c is radial; the adjustment of the sleeve d up or down upon the arm (l is vertical; and the turning of the top A on its center pivot, thus changing the position of the pail-rest, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. l, is concentric. This latter adjustment may be momentary, and it enables the milker to suddenly shift the .position of the pail and prevent its being over turned by the cow, as will be readily understood.

The hinging of the stem f to the sleeve d permits the shelf D (which may be provided with a rim, and be of proper proportions and diameter to fit the top A) to be turned over the top-ot the stool.

The legs, being screwed in, may also be readily removed for convenience of stowage, or packing for shipment.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, i's- 1. In a milking-stool, the combination of the rotating top A, a suitable pail-rest affixed adjustably and removably thereto, and arranged to rotate with the said top, and the xed top B, provided with legs, the said fixed top being the same size, approximately, as the top A, and all arranged to operate sub; stantially as herein shown and specilied.

2. In a milking-stool, the combination of the rotating top A, the sleeve a, having a polyg.. onal or square bore and a set-screw, and being attached to said rotating top, and the xed top B, provided with suitable legs, all sub-` stantially as herein set forth, and for the pim poses specified.

3. The combination of -the bent arm C, the I al1 arranged in such a manner that the said arm may be moved radially out or in, so as to adjust the position of the pail to or from the millier, as set forth.

4. The combination of the shelf D, oonstrueted to t over the rotating top A, the` sleeve d, hinged thereto, the bent arm C, and the stool A B, when the several elements herein combined are so arranged that the shelf Witnesses:

DAN F. WEsooAT, FRANK G. DAVIS. 

